Book 2 begins five years later, showing how our characters' lives have progressed. Jerry Cruncher begins his day by abusing his wife and yelling at her for "praying against him". Then there is a court trial where Charles Darnay has been accused of treason, with Mr. Lorry, Dr. Manette, and Lucie Manette as witnesses. After Mr. Stryver exposes all of the witnesses against Darnay as untrustworthy, Darnay is aquitted and he goes for a drink with his look-alike Sydney Carton. Stryver insults Carton, yet Carton does all of Stryver's work for him. Dr. Manette has recovered and is living with Lucie, who has many admirers, and Miss Pross.
The book transitions to France, where the French nobility have luxury while the peasants starve. The Marquis drives his carriage too quickly and kills Gaspard's son, but does not care. He continues his journey home. He would not give a woman a gravestone for her dead husband. Charles Darnay arrives at the Marquis' house, because he is his nephew. Charles tells his uncle he wishes to renounce his title because the family is associated with evil. They go to bed and Gaspard comes and stabs the Marquis in his sleep, leaving a note saying "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES.'" (Dickens 99).
Another year passes, and Charles is working as a French teacher in England. Darnay wants to marry Lucie, so he asks Dr. Manette if he will allow it. Dr. Manette agrees, and Charles promises to tell him his true name on the morning of the wedding.
That same day, Stryver and Carton are talking about Lucie. Stryver decides he is going to allow Lucie the honor of marrying him. Mr. Lorry later talks him out of this idea, saying Lucie would not accept him.
Carton goes and talks to Lucie about how he loves her and he's glad she does not love him because he is such a failure. Lucie attempts to help him with his depression but he is too far in it. He leaves after telling her he would die for her and anyone she loved.
Jerry Cruncher sees a funeral going down the street, and finds that it is for Roger Cly, who was declared a Spy. He joins the procession, causing general chaos wherever they went. When he gets home that night he yells at his wife for praying again, and leaves in the night to do a mysterious thing. Young Jerry secretly follows his father and finds out that he is digging up graves and taking the coffins. He sees them open one coffin and it turns out to be empty, and Young Jerry is so shaken he runs home believing a coffin is chasing him.
Back in Paris, The Defarges meet three men, called Jaques, and the mender of the roads who tells them how Gaspard has been caught for killing the Marquis. They ask if Madame Defarge can still read her knitting hit-list. She later meets the spy John Barsad and she knits his name into her register. She also knits Darnay's name into the register which spooks Defarge.
Lucie and Darnay are married, and Darnay reveals his true name to Manette, and Manette retreats to his shoe making for nine days, worrying Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross greatly. After he goes back to normal, he has no memory of the experience, and he advises Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross to destroy the bench when he leaves, which they do, in a way similar to a murder. When they return from the honeymoon, they are visited by Carton who wishes to be welcomed into their home a few days every year.
Years later, Lucie and Darnay had two children but one died, leaving only little Lucie. In France, the storming of the Bastille has just marked the beginning of the revolution. Defarge goes to Dr. Manettes old cell and searches through it. Madame Defarge kills many. There is chaos in France. After three more years, Mr. Lorry goes to France for business, and Darnay gets a letter from Gabelle who begs him to return to France and save him from jail. Darnay sneaks off to France in the night, leaving Lucie a note of explanation.
Book 2 begins five years later, showing how our characters' lives have progressed. Jerry Cruncher begins his day by abusing his wife and yelling at her for "praying against him". Then there is a court trial where Charles Darnay has been accused of treason, with Mr. Lorry, Dr. Manette, and Lucie Manette as witnesses. After Mr. Stryver exposes all of the witnesses against Darnay as untrustworthy, Darnay is aquitted and he goes for a drink with his look-alike Sydney Carton. Stryver insults Carton, yet Carton does all of Stryver's work for him. Dr. Manette has recovered and is living with Lucie, who has many admirers, and Miss Pross.
The book transitions to France, where the French nobility have luxury while the peasants starve. The Marquis drives his carriage too quickly and kills Gaspard's son, but does not care. He continues his journey home. He would not give a woman a gravestone for her dead husband. Charles Darnay arrives at the Marquis' house, because he is his nephew. Charles tells his uncle he wishes to renounce his title because the family is associated with evil. They go to bed and Gaspard comes and stabs the Marquis in his sleep, leaving a note saying "Drive him fast to his tomb. This, from JACQUES.'" (Dickens 99).
Another year passes, and Charles is working as a French teacher in England. Darnay wants to marry Lucie, so he asks Dr. Manette if he will allow it. Dr. Manette agrees, and Charles promises to tell him his true name on the morning of the wedding.
That same day, Stryver and Carton are talking about Lucie. Stryver decides he is going to allow Lucie the honor of marrying him. Mr. Lorry later talks him out of this idea, saying Lucie would not accept him.
Carton goes and talks to Lucie about how he loves her and he's glad she does not love him because he is such a failure. Lucie attempts to help him with his depression but he is too far in it. He leaves after telling her he would die for her and anyone she loved.
Jerry Cruncher sees a funeral going down the street, and finds that it is for Roger Cly, who was declared a Spy. He joins the procession, causing general chaos wherever they went. When he gets home that night he yells at his wife for praying again, and leaves in the night to do a mysterious thing. Young Jerry secretly follows his father and finds out that he is digging up graves and taking the coffins. He sees them open one coffin and it turns out to be empty, and Young Jerry is so shaken he runs home believing a coffin is chasing him.
Back in Paris, The Defarges meet three men, called Jaques, and the mender of the roads who tells them how Gaspard has been caught for killing the Marquis. They ask if Madame Defarge can still read her knitting hit-list. She later meets the spy John Barsad and she knits his name into her register. She also knits Darnay's name into the register which spooks Defarge.
Lucie and Darnay are married, and Darnay reveals his true name to Manette, and Manette retreats to his shoe making for nine days, worrying Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross greatly. After he goes back to normal, he has no memory of the experience, and he advises Mr. Lorry and Miss Pross to destroy the bench when he leaves, which they do, in a way similar to a murder. When they return from the honeymoon, they are visited by Carton who wishes to be welcomed into their home a few days every year.
Years later, Lucie and Darnay had two children but one died, leaving only little Lucie. In France, the storming of the Bastille has just marked the beginning of the revolution. Defarge goes to Dr. Manettes old cell and searches through it. Madame Defarge kills many. There is chaos in France. After three more years, Mr. Lorry goes to France for business, and Darnay gets a letter from Gabelle who begs him to return to France and save him from jail. Darnay sneaks off to France in the night, leaving Lucie a note of explanation.